Izli— Jam. 



220 [liui.L. 187. 



Izhut; (R'ck, triliiitary to Anikovik river, from the north, in western part of Seward 

 jiriiiuHula. Kt^kinio name, whii-h has been published as Ishoot and Ishout. 



Izig-an; cape, on tlie soutliorii sliore of Unahiska, near its western end. 80 called 

 by Tebcnkof in 184!i. 



JiiHiach, cape; see Yakak. 



JitrhldnisKd, island; see Kochu. 



Jack; hav, indenting the southeastern shore of Port Valdes, opposite Lowe point, 

 I'rince William sound. Named Jack's by Abercrombie, in 1898, presuma- 

 bly after W. G. Jack, a prospector in this region. 



Jack; ri\er, tributary to Cantwell river, from the south, near latitude 63° 30^. So 

 named by Eldridge and Muldrow, of the Geological Survey, in 1898, pre- 

 sumably after W. G. Jack, a prospector. 



Jackass; islet, near the southeastern shore of Akun island, Krenitzin group, eastern 

 Aleutians. So named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Jackass; ))oint, the southernmost i)oint of Akun island, eastern Aleutians. So 

 named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Jackson; co\e, indenting the southern shore of Glacier island, Prince William 

 sound. Name from Schrader; 1900. 



Jackson; creek, tributary to Bonanza river, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Jackson; island, near the head of Cordova bay, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883, after Rev. Sheldon Jackson. Jackson, in 

 his Alaska (1880, j). 376), (-alls it Norcross island. 



Jdck-xnii, island; see Channel. 



Jackson; point, the north point of entrance to Port Clarence, Bering strait. So 

 named by Beechey, in 1827, in compliment to Capt. Samuel Jackson, K. N. 



Jackson; post-office, Presbyterian mission, and trading post at Howkan village, 

 Long island, Cordova bay, Alexander archipelago. Rev. Sheldon Jack- 

 son, in his, report for 1886 (p. 19), says: "On the 22d of August, 1881, I 

 established a mission among them (Haidas) at the village of Howcan, 

 placing Mr. James E. Chapman in charge as a teacher. The station was 

 (;alled Jackson bj' the missionaries." A post-office called Jai-kson was 

 establislied here in February, 1884. 



Jdck Wade, creek; see Wade. 



Jacob; island, on the southern shore of Alaska i^eninsula, noi'theast of the Shuma- 

 gins. Named St. Jacob by AVoronkofski in 1837. 



Jdcoh, island; see Yakobi. 



Jaroolai, bay; see Yakutat. 



Jade; mcjuntaiii, or mountains (3,500 feet high), on the north bank of Kowak river. 

 Name published by the Coast Survey in 1884. The green stone, jade, of 

 which the Eskimo make ornaments, is said to be derived from this moun- 

 tain. 



Jaiclmoi, cape; see Egg. 



Jtiiinchnoi, island; see Ugalgan. 



Jiikobia, island; see Chichagof. 



Jdkorny, point; see Anchor. 



James; island, in Ivanof bay, northeast of the Shmnatjins. So called b^■ Dan in 

 1880. 



Jnmvti, island; see Crow. 



Jamestown; Itay, in the northeastern part of SitKa sound, Baranof island, Alex- 

 ander an;hipelago. In 1879-80 the U. S. ship Javwstoirn was stationed in 

 southeastern Alaska and for the most part was at Sitka, where her officers, 

 e82)ecially IJcut. F. M. Symonds, navigating officer, and Master G. C. 



